'59 Plymouth Forum

Nice Dan - Would you mind sharing who is doing the radio and cost.
Thanks
Dick

Sure! It ain't cheap - but, I'm extending my time before partial retirement to accumulate some bucks for the Faulkner redo. It will get done faster this way! Here's the info:

Retro Radio Restoration wrote:Hi Dan—
Yes, we can convert your ’59 Sport Fury radio, including AUX input and BT. Current price for a conversion + BT is $575. Yes, we will be at the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals this summer, however I must tell you that we are seriously considering a price increase to occur in May, 2018 at the latest.
We also sell front and rear speakers at the show, or they can be shipped to you.
Thanks for your inquiry! Let me know if you have any further questions.

Best regards,
Christine Frenchek

Mike and Christine Frenchek
Retro Radio Restoration
“If It’s Retro, It’s Right”
5524 Ridge Road
Elizabethtown, Pa 17022
717-367-1428
http://www.retroradio.biz

Thanks, yes a bit pricy.
Dick

Yeah - there are 6 or 7 companies doing this now, and they all come in around the same price. But I had to have Bluetooth - how cool is that, to drop an iPod in my pocket and have tunes come out of the radio. Not on the radar in 1959!

Don't understand blue tooth.
Dick

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology that permits you to connect devices that support it, without putting a wire between. Your Samsung tablet, no doubt, is a Bluetooth "receiver" - it allows you to connect a Bluetooth keyboard "transmitter" to send to it. (I have a Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad.)

All iPods - and many streaming audio devices - can transmit via Bluetooth. My radio will now be a Bluetooth receiver, and any Bluetooth transmitter can pair to it to send to it.

Also, there will be a mini-jack discreetly located on the faceplate, that will permit any "auxiliary" input to plug in and play. Even your old Walkman! Hope you saved your Elvis tunes.

Thanks for the explanation but l am an AM/FM kinda guy. Mostly AM.
Dick

Dan, I have a few friends with radios that have the Aurora retrofit. Works great and sounds amazing. Once set up, It's awesome to be able to just jump in and tap the Pandora app and have your music kick in. I will be doing the same with my radio. Have fiddled with aux cords, bulky multidisk cd players in the trunk and ugly tape decks hung below the dash for far too long. Really love this retrofit.

Dick, check out some of the videos explaing/demonstrating the capabilities of the conversion on here. http://www.joesclassiccarradio.com/video.html

Very cool stuff. All the convienece of modern technology from your original radio.

That's great stuff, William. I like the one video so much, I'm uploading it here! Also, I'll be splitting this topic off as a vendor recommendation. Many thanks!

-Dan

This is great, glad i came cross this. I was wondering if they'd be able to to audio outs like to an amp or something as well. But this is def a great start